American Psycho started
as a novel
by Bret Easton Ellis that was published in 1991. It is a
stream-of-consciousness novel, narrated by the main character Patrick Bateman.
The film, released in 2000 and starring Christian Bale, follows the same
formula. The plots are also largely the same. Bateman is a 27-year-old Wall
Street protégé by day, and a sadistic serial killer by night. Both the novel
and the film were intended to be satirical interpretations of the narcissistic,
yuppie culture of the late ‘80s, and they both do a very good job of that…if
you can get past just how disturbing the plots are.

I won’t ruin the ending for you, but suffice it to say it’s
equally surreal.

Because the movie was, well, disturbing, imagine my surprise
when I read about American Psycho: The
Musical earlier this week. You read that correctly. American Psycho: The Musical is an actual thing, it’s currently in
rehearsals, and stars Matt
Smith, who has spent the last three years growing his fame playing the
infamous Doctor
Who. The show is set to run at the Almeida Theatre in London from December
3 of this year through January 25, 2014.

No word yet on if American
Psycho will make its way across the pond to Broadway, but if you’re really
curious, the show’s director Rupert Goold has been tweeting photos from
rehearsals that you can check out on
his feed.